BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs vs segui
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs
Access a vast collection of curated biological pathway and genome databases on your mobile device. Explore gene and protein information, metabolic pathways, and regulatory diagrams. Connect to other online databases for comprehensive research.
- Browse and search biological databases
- View gene and protein information
- Explore metabolic pathway diagrams
- Access Gene Ontology terms
- Save favorite genes
- Connect to external databases
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The BioCyc app provides mobile access to the BioCyc collection of 14,000+ pathway/genome databases, including MetaCyc, HumanCyc, YeastCyc, and many more. The BioCyc app includes the highly curated EcoCyc database for E. coli K-12, with content distilled from more than 36,000 publications. Use BioCyc Mobile in the laboratory, in the classroom, at a conference, or in the library. BioCyc Mobile can also connect to other Pathway/Genome Databases around the web that are running Pathway Tools software version 23.5 or newer. Features: • Browse, search, and save your favorite genes • Gene and protein sequence information, protein feature annotations • Regulation summary diagrams describe regulatory influences on a gene • Metabolic pathway diagrams • Gene Ontology terms • Links to other popular biological databases
segui
This application offers a user-friendly interface for manipulating and summarizing large-scale genomic data. It provides tools for alignment operations, generating summary statistics, and extracting or modifying sequence information.
- Alignment concatenation, filtering, splitting, and conversion
- Genomic read and contig summary statistics
- Sequence extraction, removal, translation, and renaming
- Sequence ID extraction and mapping
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SEGUL GUI provides functions to manipulate and summarize large-scale genomic data in a fast and easy way. It has a growing list of features. Current version can do: 1. Alignment concatenation, filtering, splitting, and conversion. 2. Alignment, genomic read, and contig summary statistics. 3. Sequence extraction, removal, translation, and renaming. 4. Sequence ID extraction and mapping.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs at every 7 months against segui's every 28 months. BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs against 5.0 for segui. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs ships an update every 7 months, segui every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs | segui |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SRI International | Heru Handika |
Customer experience
BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs
segui
In-app purchases
BioCyc Pathway/Genome DBs
No in-app purchases
segui
No in-app purchases
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